Assistant Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £33,094 - £36,195 per annum Inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, E14 8JH |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7600880/363-TH7600880 |
Summary
Do you have a degree in Psychology & an interest in joining the ever-expanding Psychological Professions workforce? If you are looking for yourfirstAssistant Psychologist post then we may have a great opportunity for you!
We are committed to the NHSE’s plans to improve equity of access for those aspiring to pursue a career in Psychology. The ASPIRE programme is intended to give work experience to those who otherwise would be excluded from entering the profession via an unpaid route. In line with widening access principles, we are looking to recruit two psychology graduates from under-represented groups within the Psychological Professions. We have paid (Band 4) work experience opportunities to join us in ELFT (London) to help you gain valuable experience. (For this reason, you donotneed to be working in a clinical role to apply).
In line with the Aspiring Psychologist - Widening Access Scheme, these posts are specifically targeted at recruiting candidates whom have been disadvantaged in entering the profession. Therefore, you are welcome and encouraged to applyif you:
· Have a psychology undergraduate degree (2:2 OR above)OR have completed a Masters conversion course if your initial degree was not in psychologyAND
· You haveNOTcompleted a Masters degree or post-graduate diploma after your undergraduate degreeAND
· NOThad prior experience (paid or unpaid) as an Assistant Psychologist, PWP, High Intensity Therapist or similarAND
· You haveNOTpreviously been employed under this or a similar schemeAND
· To be able to evidence you have lived experience associated with health, social, class, race, ethnicity, disability or economic inequalitiesthat has acted as abarrier to ‘getting onto the ladder’ within the psychological professions.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Assistant Psychologists provide structured assessments and manualised treatments (individual and group) under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist. The successful candidate will also support the work of psychological therapies in services by involvement in file/case review, audit, and service evaluation and/or research for the improvement of services. The post holder may support trainee clinical psychologists in their placement work, both directly through assisting in clinical areas, and indirectly through collection of placement data with oversight and direction from the Psychology Workforce Development Lead. The post holder would be expected to work closely from a co-production and collaborative stance with experts-by-experience and local communities.
Further specific duties will be determined on the basis of skills and experience and operational service requirements, and may vary according to service needs/priorities change.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025